MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082M 103

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	10-Aug-2007	by	Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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		NMI	082M9 Au7,9,13
Name	FRENCH CR	Mining Division	Revelstoke
		BCGS Map	082M068
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082M09W
Latitude	051º 39' 10''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	118º 26' 04''	Northing	5723395
		Easting	400767
Commodities	Gold	Deposit Types	C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Kootenay

Capsule Geology

Underlying rocks in the area belong to the Upper Proterozoic Horsethief Creek Group. They consist of calcareous pelitic schists, amphibolites, marbles and quartzites.

Gold occurs in quartz veins around the heads of McCulloch and Graham Creeks. These veins are thought to have been the source of the placer gold. The placer gold occurs as coarse grains and nuggets, close to the bedrock and as fine colours in the gravels and surface soil. The gold is also angular and slightly porous.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1885-499; 1886-203,204; 1887-268,269; 1889-267,279;

1890-356; 1893-1043; 1894-743; 1895-689, 1896-534,536;

1898-1057,1058,1059,1061; 1906-149,150; 1908-91; 1912-

K14; 1917-151; *1922-213,214; 1924-204; 1925-259; 1926-

270; 1928-311; 1929-330; 1930-258; 1931-147; 1934-E34

EMPR BULL 21 p. 23; 28 pp. 52-53,Fig. 3

EMPR MAP 25

GSC ANN RPT 1887-88, v. III, part II, pp. 133R-134R

GSC MAP 12-1964; 237A

GSC OF 637

GSC P 64-32, p. 34

GSC SUM RPT *1928, part A, pp. 158,192

EMPR PFD 823777, 830385, 830386, 680294